# Michael Weisz

> Michael Weisz is a New York finance entrepreneur and the CEO of Kamino. After beginning in credit and specialty finance, he co-founded Yieldstreet in 2015 to give individual investors access to private-market investments, later serving as its president and CEO. In September 2026, he joined Solana-based credit protocol Kamino to lead its United States and institutional expansion, applying the distribution lessons of Yieldstreet to on-chain finance.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Kamino
- **Organizations:** Kamino, Yieldstreet, Willow Wealth, Soli Capital
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Finance, Touro College
- **Known for:** Co-founded Yieldstreet and helped build it into a private-market investment platform serving more than 500,000 members., Helped oversee more than $6 billion invested through Yieldstreet, according to his 2025 reflection and Kamino's 2026 announcement., Expanded Yieldstreet across asset classes including real estate, private credit, art finance and legal finance.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Joined a New York credit opportunities hedge fund with approximately $1.2 billion under management and advanced to vice president.
- **2013** — Co-founded and served as chief investment officer of specialty-finance firm Soli Capital.
- **2015** — Co-founded Yieldstreet with Milind Mehere to give individual investors digital access to private-market investments.
- **2015-2023** — Served as Yieldstreet's president, overseeing investment strategy and the originator network.
- **2023-07** — Appointed chief executive officer of Yieldstreet.
- **2023-11** — Led Yieldstreet's acquisition of real-estate investment platform Cadre.
- **2025** — Stepped down as Yieldstreet CEO and shifted toward investing, advising executives and evaluating new operating opportunities.
- **2026-09** — Named CEO of Kamino to lead its United States and institutional expansion from New York.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Yieldstreet and helped build it into a private-market investment platform serving more than 500,000 members.
- Helped oversee more than $6 billion invested through Yieldstreet, according to his 2025 reflection and Kamino's 2026 announcement.
- Expanded Yieldstreet across asset classes including real estate, private credit, art finance and legal finance.
- Led Yieldstreet when it acquired Cadre, adding an institutional real-estate platform.
- Appointed CEO of Kamino in September 2026 to build its New York institutional operation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Became CEO of Kamino and announced plans for a New York headquarters and an institutional team spanning finance, product, legal, compliance and business development.
- **2025-11** — Reflected publicly on a decade of building Yieldstreet, saying he had passed the CEO role to its leadership team and was investing, advising CEOs and considering new opportunities.
- **2025-04** — Presented Yieldstreet 360 as a managed private-markets portfolio product anchored by strategies from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Carlyle and StepStone Group.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kamino.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-weisz-7845626
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WeiszM

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Last updated: 2026-09-27